The Lords of Underearth(1981)
Games like The Lords of Underearth
Looking for games like The Lords of Underearth? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on pushing your luck against the roll and a board that reshapes itself so no two games play alike. This page rounds up 12 of the closest alternatives, scored on mechanical overlap with the original (45%), complexity match (35%), and player-count fit (20%), then weighted by BoardGameGeek community ratings so every pick is one players genuinely rate. The strongest matches come first; the further down you go, the more a game trades exact overlap for a fresh take on the same core appeal.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
Melee(1977)
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Siege(1983)
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Battle for Germany(1975)
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G.E.V.(1978)
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Viking Raiders(1987)
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Frederick the Great: The Campaigns of The Soldier King 1756-1759(1975)
Shares Dice Rolling + 6 more
Outremer(1987)
Shares Dice Rolling + 7 more
Samurai Blades: The Game of Man-to-Man Combat in Feudal Japan(1984)
Shares Dice Rolling + 7 more
Fury in the West(1977)
Shares Dice Rolling + 6 more
Arcola: The Battle for Italy, 1796(1979)
Shares Dice Rolling + 6 more
Stalingrad(1963)
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Bloody Keren(1986)
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